Re: Connection timed out

2008-07-30 Thread Evan Ingram
On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 16:12 +0200, mouss wrote: > > These restrictions are generally limited to port 25. Are you able to > > telnet from other machines on port 25? > Also, show examples of servers you fail to connect to. Yes, I can telnet 25 from the other machines I have here. mail.staugusti

Re: Connection timed out

2008-07-29 Thread Evan Ingram
On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 15:46 +0200, mouss wrote: > some sites drop traffic from residential blocks, which could explain why > you cannot connect. Hmmm That would make sense. But what about the other machines I have here being able to connect to the problem mail servers via telnet etc but my mail

Re: Connection timed out

2008-07-29 Thread Evan Ingram
On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 15:02 +0200, mouss wrote: > check the firewall configuration. and if the postfix machine has > firewall software (or selinux/apparamor), check that as well. Everything outbound should be allowed, port 25 is forwarded to the mail server. For the majority of mail servers its

Re: Connection timed out

2008-07-29 Thread Evan Ingram
On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 13:53 +0200, mouss wrote: > $ telnet aserver 25 > ... > EHLO yourhostname.example.com > ... > QUIT > > and post whatever you see. >From the mail server machine it doesn't connect, just sits there trying: telnet mail.staugustines.uk.com 25 Trying 79.170.40.19... Works from

Connection timed out

2008-07-29 Thread Evan Ingram
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